My answer to Question 6 of the Media Evaluation.

1. Q6
WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNT ABOUT TECHNOLOGIES IN
THE PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTING THIS FILM?

2. Final Cut Pro
 This video-editing software, available on Macs, is
arguably the best program to edit a film on.
Professionals use this software and from it I learnt
how it has many tricks and special qualities. The
Blade tool was used the most throughout editing of
the film. From this piece of software we learnt how
easy it can be to bring a film together and make it
look so professional.

3. The camera
 The camera we used was a Qumox HD SJ400. From the
use of this camera we learnt how difficult it would
have been to film the point-of-view concept of our film
without this camera. During the early stages of testing
filming with a normal hand camera while running it
was clear that the camera would move too much and
not be up to the quality at which we expected.
Ordering and using this Qumox camera was crucial in
successively implementing the first-person shot.

4. iPod 5th generation + iPhone 6
 During the final stages of editing we realised that the film was lacking in
diagetic sound. My iPod and my fellow group member Mathurathan’s
iPhone 6 showed us that we could use the Voice Memo application to
record natural sounds [such as punches, grunts, walking up and down
stairs and the sound of wind] and put them in wherever relevant in the
film to create a more realistic perception of sound within the film. Before
doing this the music was carrying the film too much. The use of the Voice
Memo app was cheap and convenient [as it was already within our
possession] and made it easy to add diagetic sound to the film.
 Email was then used to transfer the recordings to the Mac, yet another
convenient way of transferring files through technologies.